Machine for printing measuring-tape.



PATENTED AUG. 4,1908. E. EIGNER. MA0HINE P0R PRINTING MEASURING TAPE.

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CHINE FOR PRINTING MEASURING TAPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1907.

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MACHINE FOB YRINTING MEASURING-TAPE.

Spefication 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

hpplicstim ied Key 31, 1907.. Serial No. 876,457.

To all whom it may concern:

B e it known that I, EMIL Erssnz, a citizen of the United States, andresiding st New York,.in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented cert new and 'usefullmprovements 1n Machines lrintingMessurmg-Tape, of which the i lowing is s of has been sold and alsodetermine when purchasing goods of this class from the wholesale dealerthe amount of goods contained in the roll.

The invention isfully disclosed in the following s ecification, of whichaccompanying rewin forms a port, 'm which the separate parts o myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved machine; Fig. 2 a front viewthere- 21; Fi 3 a. back view thereof; Fig; 4 s plan view; *ig. 5 a viewsimilar to Fig. 2 showing it part of the construction on an enlargedscale; Fig. 6 a view looking in the direction of the arrow 6 of Fig. 5;Fig, 7 a section on the its 7-7 of Fig. 5; Firm '8 a section on the e S8of Fig. 2, and showing the parts in a different position and on anenlarged scale; and, Fig. 9 a face view of a. part of a measuring :epehaving a scale printed thereon by my improved machine.

In the practice of my invention- I provide Con- 9. frame of thefollowing constructzcrn nected with a base a is a main up? at memher aof predetermined height, 31 secured to the base member a adjacent to :hemain upright member a, is a supplemenaslupright member a of much lessheight than the main upright member a. Secured to the top portion of themain u ri ht member er by bolts, bars or any suitab e devlces a 15 s.hanger of which forms a part of the frame'and which member a and is invertical line therewith. Placed in the frame thus formed and resting onthe main upright member a and con-.- nected with the main upright memberain any desired manner is a table 0 which, in effect, forms a part ofthframe of the machine. Mounted in the bottom portion of the frame thusformed is e shaft 1) on which is mounted arollcr or wheel I), snid shaftand wheel being placed below the table 0 and the table 0 "PI'OjGGt-S atright angles to the frame and, to a. predetermined distence from saidframe.

Mounted in the top portion of formed by the parts a and a is a shaft onthe form of construction shown, a r m em; her e, spokes e and a hub e.The run of thex wheel e, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 6 andZ, is,rovided with an annular 'roove e is. which is placed a. scale banddesigned to print on a'tape, a scale representing-yards cnd fractionsthereof and inches and tions thereof. By forming ,the scale on a. bendsecured in a groove in this manner, the construction of the mainprinting wheel is checpened and I am enabled to change or renew thescale with little loss of time or expense. One side of the rim e of thewheel 6 is cut as' shown at e to form a recess in which is mounted awheel {1, the face or perimeter of which is provider at intervals withnotches or recesses g, and the outer side of which is rovided atcorresponding intervals with pro ecting pins 9, t e pins 9 be11i lacecbetween the notches or recesses g and einr arranged in a circle on theside of the whee g. Pivoted in the recess e is a pawl? provided'at oneend with a nose h ads ted to enter the recesses g in the wheelg, an Aetthe opposite end of which is as ring if-j'vlhch bears on the innerside of sai cwl and 1 1'c' tmally serves to force the nose 2 thereofinto the recesses 9 At the top of the main frame and mounted inlaterally extending arms i is an inlimg roller i which nornmlly bears onthe wheel a or on the scale printing bend 'The tablet; is provided witha wide clamp f-whieh is movable longitudinaily thereof end adsptedcorresponds in position with the upright thd frame lwhich is mounted awheel e comprising, n?!) from. v 33;,

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' of this shown at to faci itate the intro uctlon and to be secured atany desired point thereon by means of a set screw I also provide thetable with a spring presser plate k which is secured to the inner end ofthe table at k and extends outward to the end of the table along theright side of the same. The front edge resser late curves u wardly asassage of the material to be printed beneath 1t. .The underside of theto portion of the clamp is recessed to admit t e presser plate beneathit and permit such movement as will occur in the operation of themachine.

The wheel 9 bears on its face at regular intervals the numerals one,two, three etc., as shown at g which are. intended to print on themeasuring tape, and while the scale band revolution of the wheel eengages one of the pins on the wheel 9 and moves said wheel i againstthe retarding influence of the pawl one step, and a new yard is printedon the tape m, and at the beginning of each yard rmted b the wheel 9 onthe tape m the inches an fractions of inches of the new yard also beginas clearly indicated in Fig. 9.

The wheel e, or the shaft or axle d thereof, is provided with verticallymovable bearings mounted in the parts a and a? of the main ame, andthese bearings and the means for adjusting the same may be constructedin any desired manner, the object thereof being to re ulate the pressureof the wheel 6 on the whee or roller 19 between which the tapem is fed,and in this operation the wheel or roller 1) works in a transverse slot1' in thetable 0 as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 and asshown in section in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 9, I have shown at m a measuring tape printed by my improvedmachine and, in practice, the tape is fed into the machine as indicatedin Figs. 2 and 3,the end thereof being passed beneath the spring prcsserplate I: in line with the plane of the wheel e and directly under saidwheel. The wheel e is then turned by means of the crank n and thedesiredscaleis printed on the tape or as will be readily understood. Inthis operation the wheel 9 ririts the yards from one to ten on the wheee or the scale band f thereonrints the inches and fractions of inchesand actions of yards as shown in Fig. 9. The

part of the measuring tape shown in Fig. 9 is taken from the centralportion of said tape and the figure five thereon at in represents thefifth yard, the remaining ortion of the scale re resenting inches anfractions thereof and ractions of a yard, the fractions of "ards shownbeing an eighth and a quarter. 'lhe clamp 7' in addition to serving as ameans for holding the outer end of the guide plate k in proper positionalso serves as a guide for the tape or stri on which the scale is to beprinted, and'sai clamp may be adjusted to any desired position accordingto the width of said tape or strip. It will also i be seen that theframe of the machine at the side thereof, adjacent to the table 0, orover saidtable is open so to permit the said tape or strip to be fedthrough the machine in the operation of printing the scale; and while Ihave shown and described a articular form of frame in order to accomp shthis result, it will be apparent that changes therein and modificationsthereof, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made wit routdepartin from. the s irit of my invention or sacri cin its ac vantages.It

will also be observed t at the wheel 9, ih the" operation of the machineas herein described is supplemental to the wheel e, and while sai wheel9 turns therewith it also is capable of independent rotation, and intheoperation of the machine the. said wheel g must be adjusted so that thenumbering of the separate yards on the tape or strip on which the scaleis printed will egin at the proper tune, or

when the printing of the inches and fractions of inches and fractions ofyards by the wheel e begins.

Having fully described my inven ion, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for printing on a flexible material, the combinationwith a suitable supporting frame, of a main 1printing wheel mounted insaid frame, a supp emental printing wheel mounted on the main printingwheel, said supplemental printing whee being provided on its perimeterwith notches or recesses, a spring pawl enga ing said notches orrecesses to prevent accidental rotation of said sup lemental printingwheel in either direction, t e rim of said supplemental printing wheelbeing also provided with laterally projecting pins, and the frameprovided with a finger extending into the path of said pins for engagingand moving the said supplemental printing wheel one step at eachrevolution of the main printing wheel, sub

stantially as described.

2. In a machine for printin material, the combination wit supportingframe, of the printing mechanism, a table, an adjustable guide clamp onsaid table, and a spring presser plate secured to on flexible a suitablethe table and extending beneath the upper ence of the subscribingwitnesses this 29th part of said guide cle'mp, the upper part of day ofMay, 1907. said guide clamp being provided with a recess to accommodatesaid resser plate, substan- EMIL EIGNER.

5 tially as described. w WVitnesses:

In testimon that I claim the foregolng as C. E. MULREANY, my inventionhave signed my name in pres- A. WORDEN GIBBS.

